Community For Progress

Building a robust and collaborative research community

Community for Progress is a key strategy of the Pancreatic Cancer Action Network’s comprehensive plan to fight the world’s toughest cancer and double survival by 2020. Through Community for Progress, PanCAN’s research grantees receive unique opportunities for mentorship, networking and training. Going above and beyond the research grant funds, PanCAN’s Community for Progress supports grantees’ professional success and strengthens the research community.

Community for Progress Opportunities

Scientific Meeting

At PanCAN’s Annual Scientific Meeting, grantees present their work and gain invaluable feedback from world-renowned experts.

Collaboration

Coming together in a supportive environment, scientists begin building collaborations across institutions to tackle scientific questions together more effectively and efficiently.

Connection

Interacting directly with survivors, clinicians, policy-makers and other researchers, grantees gain important perspective on the opportunities to make a difference through their work.

International Conferences

Medical history shows that major scientific progress comes from having a strong research community that works together to build knowledge, share findings and deliver breakthroughs. This is why PanCAN provides research grantees with critical career-advancing Community for Progress opportunities.

Progress starts here.

“PanCAN’s Community for Progress opened up opportunities for me to collaborate and get mentorship from the brightest and most dedicated scientists in the field. I have been fortunate to be mentored as well as to be a mentor.”